Research

Our bioengineering researchers are nationally recognized experts whose work is having an impact on the health and well-being of people everywhere. Our key areas of research are Biomedical Imaging and Devices, Computational Biomedicine, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, and Neurotechnology and Computational Neuroscience.

$16 million

In active external research grants

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Our areas of research expertise

No. 1

Mason is the largest public research university in Virginia

R1

Carnegie Classification ranks Mason among the highest research institutions in the country

"Our goal is to help amputees go about their daily lives with improved function."

— Siddhartha Sikdar, associate professor of bioengineering

Discovering New Ways to Improve Health

Mason's Bioengineering Department is making a difference in people’s lives. Consider:

Our researchers are working on nanosystems with the potential to treat breast cancer, supported by the National Institutes of Health.

We develop computational models to study blood flow in the brain to understand how aneurysms form, progress, and rupture. This work receives funding from the National Institutes of Health.

We are using the latest ultrasound technology to improve prosthetics for arms, hands, and legs with funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense.

We are putting together maps of neuron connections in the brain to understand brain function and neurological diseases, funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Faculty members in the Bioengineering Department are leaders in their respective areas. They make an impact through publications in high quality journals, and they translate their findings and technologies to clinicians and commercialization partners.

Students, both undergraduate and graduate, are fully engaged in research from the beginning of their studies with ample opportunities to work with researchers from different areas.

Steven Roberts, a PhD in bioengineering student, is working for Nitin Agrawal, an assistant professor of bioengineering, to develop a novel approach that would help the body’s own immune system fight cancer.